Shelton stays busy
Shelton will appear tomorrow night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35 p.m. Eastern/Pacific on NBC and again Nov. 29 on Chelsea Lately at 11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific on E!. Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas will be on Monday, Dec. 3 directly following The Voice at 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific.
A DVD also is on the horizon from Shelton with "CMT Invitation Only: Blake Shelton" on Dec. 18 exclusively to Target stores. Taped before a small studio audience in Nashville, the DVD features Shelton performing songs plus an informal question and answer session with fans. The one hour special includes performances of God Gave Me You, Honey Bee and Footloose. as well as three never before seen versions of The Baby, Drink On It and Home.
Shelton released his first Christmas album, "Cheers, It’s Christmas," earlier this fall. The set includes several duet performances including fellow The Voice advisor Michael Buble, long-time friend, Reba McEntire and a duet with his mother, Dorothy Shackleford. Shelton also recorded a song with wife Miranda Lambert, Kelly Clarkson, The Voice semi-finalist Xenia and The Pistol Annies.
More news for Blake Shelton
- 03/28/25: Shelton, Flatts revamp "Mayberry"
- 01/27/25: Opry hosts centennial live celebration
- 11/13/24: Shelton goes to "Texas"
- 11/11/24: Shelton hits "The Road" (no, not a tour. A TV show)
- 09/23/24: Shelton inks with BBR/BMG Nashville
- 09/20/24: Shelton will "Go Tell it on the Mountain"
- 09/05/24: Shelton plans Friends & Heroes Tour 2025
- 09/03/24: Shelton, Warner call it quits after 23 years
CD reviews for Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton has been openly critical of the traditional album format. "Fully Loaded: God's Country" is his fourth greatest hits album and third in the "Loaded" series. In an effort to release music more often, he packages five new songs with seven of previously released material that has received considerable airplay and time on the charts.
if you're looking for the fresh stuff, this is essentially an EP spearheaded by the Platinum lead single "God's Country. ...
Blake Shelton's 11th studio album finds The Voice advisor in a contented, one might even say homey, frame of mind. The opening track and first single "I'll Name the Dogs" sets the tone. It's a rollicking ode to domesticity that manages to make household chore distribution ("You find the spot and I'll find the money / You be the pretty and I'll be the funny") both romantic and amusing. The beat switches to hip-hop on "Money," but the sentiment ...
This six-song "Blake Shelton Live EP" seems a little odd. It's not as though Shelton had an especially noteworthy tour to document. Besides, at only six songs long, it's a relatively short document, anyhow. While it may be little more than a post-it note of a project, though, it also packs a powerful punch.
You recognize right away the large amount of enthusiasm the act of singing to an audience brings out of Shelton. When compared to the recorded versions of these hits, ...
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